History Main / SinisterScythe

* ''VideoGame/HandsOfNecromancy'' has a scythe besides the sword as the only other melee weapon. It's taller than you deals far better damage, powered by ''dark'' magic and can even unleash a fiery [[SwordBeam scythe beam]] on enemies.

* ''VideoGame/LibraryOfRuina'': Both Angela and Roland wield scythes at one point. [[spoiler:During the fourth Floor Realization, Angela wields "Da Capo", the weapon of the Silent Orchestra that resembles a conductor's baton with a quaver attached to the handle. At the end of the sixth Realization, Roland likewise pulls out all the stops and forges one when wielding "Mimicry", the E.G.O. of [[EldritchAbomination Nothing There]].]] Considering that the series takes place in a CrapsackWorld, the "Sinister" part is always gonna be there in some form.

** In the third movie the younger sibling [[spoiler:Shizuku]] wield one of these that was later passed on to [[spoiler:Rukia after the siblings [[FusionDance fused with her]]]].

* ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'': Kronos carries a scythe. It's actually Luke's CoolSword Backbiter reforged into a scythe, able to hurt both gods and men -- and guess what our hero [[SemiDivine Percy Jackson]] is.

* OlderThanFeudalism: Cronos/Saturnus from Myth/ClassicalMythology was probably a major TropeCodifier, fittingly as he was originally a harvest god who later got mashed together with Chronos (with a 'h'), the personification of time, specifically of time as a universal destroyer.

The scythe is a farming tool whose primary purpose is to mow grass and harvest grain. But in the arms of a skilled fighter--especially one whose social class [[WeaponsOfTheirTrade forbids him from owning conventional weaponry]]--it's as lethal as any sword or mace. It is also likely to mark the [[ExoticWeaponSupremacy special or dangerous enemy]], as well as the macabre touch brought on by evoking TheGrimReaper.

A related weapon is the sickle, also known as the kama in Japan: a smaller, handheld scythe that is often duel-wielded in combat. What they lack in weight, they compensate with their ability to trap a sword with one blade and deliver the killing blow with the other. In Japan they're commonly associated with {{ninja}}s due to being a mundane tool that happens to be great for killing, perfect for deadly assassins masquerading as peasants beneath notice.

* It is believed that the iconic image of the agricultural scythe as a weapon has its origins in certain [[DropTheHammer war hammers]] with a [[PowerfulPick pronounced back spike]] like the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bec_de_corbin bec de corbin]].

The scythe is a farming tool whose primary purpose is to mow grass and harvest grain. But in the arms of a skilled fighter--especially one whose social class [[ImprobableWeaponUser forbids him from owning conventional weaponry]]--it's as lethal as any sword or mace. It is also likely to mark the [[ExoticWeaponSupremacy special or dangerous enemy]], as well as the macabre touch brought on by evoking TheGrimReaper.

{{Kamaitachi}} and SlayingMantis will often be portrayed with a pair of these. HammerAndSickle when paired with DropTheHammer. See also SinisterSwitchblade and SinisterShiv, other bladed weapons associated with unsavory people.

* TheGrimReaper, probably the most famous representation of death, is so well-known with his sythe that it has become his IconicItem.

** ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork6'' features [=EraseMan.EXE=], a GrimReaper-like [=NetNavi=], who wields a red scythe and can slash a row from a tile away. Even his ''[[TheyCallHimSword operator's name]]'' is "Dark Scyth", and he is an assassin.

* ''Manhwa/{{Priest}}'': In the first of many {{Unstoppable Rage}}s, Ivan Isaacs decimates a horde of zombies with an ordinary farm scythe.